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BIND Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIND), a clinical-stage nanomedicine
platform company developing targeted and programmable therapeutics
called Accurins TM , announced today that Scott Minick, BIND’s
President and CEO, is scheduled to present at the following healthcare
conferences during November 2014:
Interested parties may access a live webcast of the presentation by
visiting the BIND Therapeutics website at www.bindtherapeutics.com .
New global, online shopping research from Pitney
Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) reveals that cross-border ecommerce is gaining
traction with nearly 40 percent of consumers having purchased goods
online from another country.
Trex Company, Inc. (NYSE:TREX), the leading manufacturer of
wood-alternative decking and railing, today announced it will
participate in the Stephens Fall Investment Conference on Tuesday,
November 11, 2014.
The fourth annual National Middle Market Summit, hosted by GE Capital,
The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business and the National
Center for the Middle Market, provides a unique platform for mid-market
business leaders and key stakeholders to share challenges and hear from
the top names in business, politics, and industry specializations.
Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) announced it will host a conference call
with investors and analysts on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.
CT / 11:00 a.m. ET to discuss its fiscal 2015 first quarter financial
results, provide a general business update, and respond to investor
- Record third quarter segment operating income of $520 million, up 21% - Record North America third quarter earnings up 30% to $210 million - Europe, Middle East and Africa third quarter earnings up 57% to $181 million
- Year-to-date segment operating income of $1.4 billion, up 17% - Company expects 2014 earnings growth near high end of 10% - 15% range - Company reaffirms 2014-2016 financial targets - Company plans to acquire up to $150 million of its common stock in fourth quarter AKRON, Ohio , Oct.
By Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Stock futures drifted south ahead of a decision from the Federal Open Market Committee that is expected to spell the end of its bond-buying program.
Superior Industries International, Inc. (NYSE:SUP), the largest
manufacturer of aluminum wheels for passenger cars and light-duty
vehicles in North America, today announced that Don Stebbins, Superior’s
Chief Executive Officer, will present an overview of the company at the
Gabelli Automotive Aftermarket Conference on Tuesday, November 4, 2014
at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Las Vegas at 7:30 a.m. PT.
QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) (NASDAQ:QADB), a leading provider of enterprise
software and services, announced today that it has invested more than
20,000 days over the last 4 years in their Customer Engagement program.
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) today reported net income of $201
million, or $2.25 per diluted share, for the second quarter of Fiscal
2015, compared to net income of $205 million, or $2.23 per diluted
share, for the second quarter of Fiscal 2014.
Networks (Nasdaq: SONS), a global leader in enabling and securing
real-time communications, today announced its participation in the
following investor conferences:
On Tuesday, November 11, Mark Greenquist, Chief Financial Officer, will
present at The Needham Next-Gen Storage/Networking Conference in New
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My dad was a smart man. You don’t even know! (Bonus points for those of you who recognize my comedian Dane Cook hat tip.)
Here’s why. Today Radio Shack is eating crow.
Dad passed in 2004 but today’s news would make his blood boil. Radio Shack is in hot water for reportedly wanting to sell customer data during their bankruptcy […]

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BELGIUM, Brussels. A new industry organization for the pig sector is planned in Belgium.
In view of the serious crisis in the pig sector, the two Belgian farmers' associations ABS and Boerenbond, as well as the Belgian Meat Industry Federation (FEBEV) and the Belgian Feed Association (BFA), intend to establish an inter-branch organization for this branch of production in November. The associations have now committed themselves to this during a consultation meeting initiated by the Flemish Minister of Agriculture, Hilde Crevits.
Crevits stressed that the pig sector faces major challenges in terms of production, marketing and sustainability. Coordinated decisions are needed here, she said, with each link in the marketing chain taking responsibility. "It is encouraging that the first steps have been taken toward greater cooperation," the department head summed up.
As the Internet information portal "Vilt" reported, other links in the marketing chain, such as meat processors and food retailers, are to join the new organization in a second step. Important topics are price and cost transparency. In addition, international contacts could be established and cooperations concluded, it said.


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Cyber protection, the threat is at the forefront of the agenda, with a variety of threats, cyber-attacks, having a real-world impact.
Why The Cyber Threats Are Are Revolving So Much?
In recent years, the rate of cybercrime has increased. The problem is that the players in this field are quite active and intentional when it comes to committing cybercrime. More and more countries are turning to research to protect their official data. In the United States, the risk of cybercrime is increasing. Cybercriminal actors have increased significantly in countries such as China, Korea, and South Asia. They are now better suited to focus on their goals, which are enhanced by larger risks. They have cracked the shell of the age-old method of data access. They are now taking more risks against a larger number of targets at the same time. Their capability has been enhanced. These types of cyber activities are growing in leaps and bounds and becoming more aggressive. It no longer matters to whose country, gender, or religion they belong. Partnerships and relationship ties between the roots and the targeted nation have aided the growth of cybercrime. In addition, the number of options and capacities has increased. It’s more akin to ecology.
What Are The Major Threats?
Cybercriminals have hacked the websites of over 4,000 online shops, attempting to steal customers’ payment details and other personal information. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has identified 4,151 retailers that have been hacked by hackers seeking to reroute money and steal personal information by exploiting weaknesses on checkout pages. Over the last 18 months, they’ve notified retailers of the breaches.
Known vulnerabilities in the e-commerce platform Magento were used to compromise the majority of the online stores used by fraudsters for payment-skimming attacks. Small and medium-sized organizations are the majority of those affected and informed of the hacks and risks.
Before Black Friday, the NCSC published the number of businesses it had warned about client data theft. It urges all shops to make sure their websites are secure ahead of the year’s busiest online shopping season to protect their businesses — and their customers — from fraudsters.
What needs to be done to stop them? Better Suggestions
Cyber security is much more than cyber defense. There has been a strict shutdown in the system when it comes to cyber-attacks. As a solution, there should be a collaboration between both private and government cyber security agents. This will help to combat the challenge that is faced in cybercrimes.
One of the most important things online shops can do to help avoid payment and personal data theft is to install security patches that prevent fraudsters from exploiting known vulnerabilities in Magento and other software they use.
“We want small and medium-sized online merchants to understand how to prevent opportunistic cybercriminals from using their sites during the peak shopping season,” said Sarah Lyons, NCSC deputy director for economy and society. “Becoming a victim of cybercrime might throw you and your customers out of business and harm your reputation.” “It’s critical to keep websites as secure as possible,” Lyons added.
The Cyber Resliance Toolkit For Retail, developed by the NCSC and the British Retail Consortium, suggests several measures, including deploying security patches regularly. The knowledge on how to maintain websites safe from cyber threats is still applicable today, even if this kit was published in October of 2020.
“All retailers are concerned about skimmers and other cybersecurity vulnerabilities,” said Graham Wynn, associate director of consumer, competition, and regulatory relations at the British Retail Consortium.
The British Retail Consortium strongly advises all shops to follow the NCSC’s guidance and assess their readiness for any cyber concerns that may develop during the busy holiday season.”
The NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence program, which has been monitoring for vulnerabilities that could affect online shops since April 2020, discovered compromised shopping websites.
The NCSC has also reaffirmed consumer guidance on how to shop safely online. The suggestions include being picky about where you shop, only providing relevant information, using a secure payment system, and keeping your online accounts safe.


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CapMetro — the public transit system for Austin, Texas — is reportedly adding Apple Pay and Google Pay to its mobile apps later in July.
The current CapMetro iPhone app does let riders pay for digital tickets, but only by manually entering and saving card data. Via QR codes, those tickets can be scanned on MetroRapid vehicles without having to wait in line at the front.
Some 700 scanners are being added to the entire CapMetro fleet in the near future, KXAN reported. The agency is also introducing new credit-capable vending machines at high-profile stops, starting sometime this spring. It’s not yet clear whether those machines will accept Apple Pay.
Also unknown is whether busses and trains will get Apple Pay Express Transit. The technology turns an iPhone into a wireless pass, able to authenticate at kiosks and turnstiles without Face ID, Touch ID, or even waking a device.
Austin is home to Apple’s second-largest corporate presence in the U.S., mainly geared towards AppleCare and operations. A $1 billion expansion is set to begin construction in 2019, covering 133 acres and employing 5,000 more people by the time it’s done.
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Governor’s bodyguard busted in Pennsylvania theft
MORE TROUBLE: A bodyguard detailed to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie faces theft charges in New Jersey.
By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog
A state police bodyguard to Chris Christie is facing criminal charges in Pennsylvania — despite his attempt to use his ties with the New Jersey governor to avoid arrest.
Trooper William A. Carvounis, 35, is accused of stealing $267 in gun supplies and other goods from a Cabela’s store near Hamburg, Pa. His arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 10 in Berks County Court of Common Pleas.
“Carvounis said he was on the governor’s security detail,” Tilden Township Police Chief William J. McEllroy told New Jersey Watchdog. “He said he makes $140,000 a year, and he’s afraid of losing his job.”
The trooper pleaded with local police and the retailer to drop the matter out of “professional courtesy” and tried to use his connection to Christie as leverage, sources added.
“We don’t give preferential treatment when someone breaks the law,” McEllroy said.
The chief would not comment further on the case.
Sources confirmed Carvounis was assigned to Christie’s protection detail, a cadre of state troopers entrusted with guarding the governor and his family. Following the arrest, he was suspended from duty by the New Jersey State Police.
Carvounis’ shoplifting spree on Jan. 9 was recorded by surveillance cameras in Cabela’s 250,000 square-foot showroom, according to an affidavit of Patrolman Dennis Schwoyer obtained by New Jersey Watchdog.
“During the course of his shopping, (Carvounis) would place items in his shopping basket. While walking around and continuing to shop, he would take various merchandise out of the package and conceal in his pockets … He would discard the empty packages on shelves throughout the store,” Schwoyer wrote in his sworn statement.
Security video also caught Carvounis’ coup de grace: The trooper tore the price tag from a Cabela’s hat, which he wore while trying to leave the store.
When Carvounis was apprehended and searched, authorities found a concealed weapon along with merchandise. They soon realized their suspect was a law enforcement officer.
The trooper is charged with retail theft exceeding $150, a first-class misdemeanor in Pennsylvania. If convicted, Carvounis faces up to 90 days in jail, plus a fine of $100 to $250 for a first offense.
New Jersey pays Carvounis a base salary of $95,198 a year, plus roughly $16,000 for meals, uniform cleaning and other allowances, according to a state payroll database. That does not include his overtime pay,which is exempt from public disclosure by state regulation.
Contact Mark Lagerkvist at email@example.com
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Meeting someone on social media is always risky- a person can easily pretend to be something they’re not.
And, a Tzaneen woman learned this the hard way. The Mbekwana village resident met a man, who called himself Brian Mabasa, on Facebook.
According to the victim, they hit it off immediately and after three months of having conversations online, they decided to meet in person.
She was excited to meet Mabasa, who allegedly worked at a Hospital in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. The met up and spent the weekend together, Dailysun.co.za reported.
Briefly.co.za learned on the Sunday, the couple drove in her Toyota Tazz to a shopping centre in Tzaneen’s CBD.
“On arrival at the shopping centre, the victim went to a pharmacy, leaving the suspect with the car at a parking lot.”, it was reported.
However, when she came out, her lover was nowhere to be seen, nor was her car in the parking lot.
“The victim then, immediately reported the matter to the police who started with their initial investigations,” Police spokesperson Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said.
Ngoepe urged other people to learn from the story and to avoid starting relationships with people they met online.
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Top 5 richest men in South Africa on Briefly. Everyone, quick: off the top of your head, name a billionaire. Now, think hard and name two or three South African billionaires. How about more? Don’t worry, we have gathered this extremely interesting information for you!


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No, a European car manufacturer hasn't bought Hyundai. What the Korean automaker is saying is that 90 percent of the vehicles it sells in Europe will soon be manufactured on the continent as well.
Hyundai will introduce an all-new i10 city car towards the end of this year and will transfer production of Europe-bound versions of its smallest model from India to Turkey. Consequently, the only Hyundai cars sold in Europe that won’t be built in Europe will be models destined for the UK and Ireland, which will continue to be made in India alongside those for other right-hand-drive markets.
The arrival of the new i10 will mean that 90 percent of the cars Hyundai sells in the continent of Europe, and 70 percent of those sold in the European Union will be made west of the Bosporus. The carmaker says only one Hyundai in every 10 sold in Europe is made in South Korea.
Most of the cars Hyundai sells in the EU are built in the company’s Nosovice plant in the Czech Republic, close to sister company Kia's Zilina plant across the border in Slovakia. The Nosovice facility produces transmissions for both brands while Zilina is responsible for engine production. The cars built in the two factories are based on shared platforms. Nosovice makes the Hyundai i30 range, ix35 crossover and ix20 mini-MPV and has a capacity of 300,000 cars a year, based on a five-day, triple-shift system.
"We're very proud that we've been able to keep the factory running at 100% when the market in Europe is so weak and unpredictable," stated Hyundai's European COO and senior vice-president, Allan Rushforth. "So far this year our volumes in Europe are down by about 5%, but our market share is slightly up."
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– Money and property valued at nearly $700 were discovered missing Sunday after a 2004 Ford pickup was entered through an unlocked door in a parking area at Koozies on Franklin Street.
In addition to $300, the items stolen from Cathi Townley Drigger of Locklear Street included credit cards, a pocketbook, a mens coat, various music CDs and the victims Social Security card, according to Mount Airy Police Department reports. The case remains open for further investigation.
– The Petsense store in the Lowes hardware shopping center was the victim of a recent check forgery and obtaining property by false pretense scam, police were told Monday. An unknown white male about 30 years old forged and uttered a check for $138 in order to obtain property valued at that amount from the business earlier this month, and exchanged an item purchased for $74. Police are continuing to investigate.
– Sherry Norman Wiles, 39, of 255 Oak Ridge Drive, was jailed Saturday on concealment of merchandise and second-degree trespassing charges after an incident at Wal-Mart. Norman is being held under a $50,000 secured bond and faces a Sept. 23 appearance in Surry District Court.
– The larceny of an LG cell phone valued at $300 was reported Saturday by Glenda Bowman Cockerham of Kimberly Drive. Cockerham told police that she had left the phone at an unnamed business at 1910 N. Main St. and returned to find it missing. The case remains open for further investigation.
– A silver 2000 Dodge Intrepid valued at $7,500 was reported stolen Friday from Wade Cornelius Felts of East Elm Street while the vehicle was at a retail location on Pine Street. Assorted tools, a pair of two-ton mechanic jacks and a 15-inch sportsman knife, valued altogether at $280, also were in the vehicle with tag number XNJ7006, which was entered by unknown means. Police are investigating.
– Merchandise valued at about $330 was stolen Friday from JCPenney in Mayberry Mall by a white female who placed the items in an empty bag bearing the store name. Sterling rings, fashion earrings, Nike hoodies, Arizona jeans and other clothing were taken. A white female is the suspect in the case, which is under investigation.
– Police also were told Friday that jewelry valued at $340 had been taken earlier in the month from the Brook Avenue residence of Judy Anne Cliver. Included were two herring bone necklaces, two linked chain necklaces and a rope chain necklace. A housekeeper is suspected of removing the property while cleaning the home, but no arrest had been made at last report.
– John Ernest Black, 40, of 860 Willow St., was charged Friday with larceny and possession of stolen goods. Black allegedly stole a cell phone valued at $325 from Joseph Patrick Tate of Maple Street the day before. Black was held in the county jail under a $1,000 secured bond and is to appear in Surry District Court on Sept. 22.
– James Cecil Gwyn, a Johnson Street resident, reported Friday that medication had been stolen from his home by a known individual. No arrest had occurred at last report.
– Stephanie Dawn Davis, 30, of 104 Sunny Brook Lane, was arrested Friday as a fugitive from justice from Patrick County, Va., where she is wanted on an alleged probation violation issued in April. During the same investigation, Adam Arthur Christian, 29, of 281 Brown Road, was found to be wanted in Carroll County, Va., on an alleged probation violation filed in February. Both Davis and Christian were confined in the Surry County Jail under $5,000 secured bonds.
– A license plate, number RTX5688, was reported stolen Friday from a 2000 Chevrolet pickup owned by James Russell Pirkle of Winston-Salem, while it was in the Mayberry Mall parking lot. The case remains open for further investigation.
– Steven Cornelius Wareing, 32, of 117 Garbrawley Trail in Cana, Va., was jailed Thursday on a charge of failure to pay fines, which had been filed by the Surry County court clerks office in May. Wareing is scheduled to be in court on Sept. 23.
– It was reported last Wednesday that a Guitar Hero video game valued at $74 had been stolen from Wal-Mart. A white male about 30 years old is a suspect in the case that remains open for further investigation.


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Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) President Faraz-Ur-Rehman rejected the government’s imposition of regulatory duty on yarn and thread. Rehman said that yarn and thread are the raw material of the textile sector, and duty on it is not acceptable in any case. He said that KATI fully supports the stance of yarn traders as the imposition of duty will adversely affect textile exports.
President KATI said that due to the ongoing economic crisis in the country, shortage of gas and expensive electricity, the cost of production is already at the highest level and due to the financial crisis, most of the textile mills have closed down and are on the verge of closing down more.
Faraz-Ur-Rehman said that the government should reconsider this decision, otherwise millions of people who are involved in the textile sector will become unemployed.
President KATI said that the textile sector is the backbone of the country’s exports, and most of the export earnings come from this sector. He said that the imposition of duty on this sector will cause the sector to suffer from a severe financial crisis which will directly harm the economy.
Faraz-Ur-Rehman further said that the government and the concerned authorities are implementing duties to avoid their responsibilities without consulting the stakeholders, which is causing serious damage to the industry.
He said that the government should withdraw the regulatory duty immediately otherwise the employment of Millions of people will be at risk.
President KATI said that the survival of the export industry is not possible without ending the implementation of a 17% general sales tax on textile exports. Therefore, to improve the liquidity position of exporters and competitiveness in the global market and to prevent fraud and smuggling, the restoration of ‘zero rating’ has become indispensable.


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One of the most recent controversy that Apple got entangled with is the flawed iOS 6 Maps app, a new in-house mapping solution that aims to replace Google Maps. Apart from issues with production yields, the launch of the iPhone 5 has been a fairly smooth affair, the device was even touted as the most successful iPhone launch yet. However, the same can't be said with the operating system that comes with it. One of the key features of iOS 6 is the new in-house mapping solution which has features like turn-by-turn navigation and 3D view. The iOS 6 Maps app turned out to be less than perfect and may have been one of the of biggest tech failure of the year. In light of such controversy, it seems that another Apple personnel was shown the door.
If anyone can recall at the height of the iOS 6 Maps debacle, Apple CEO Tim Cook issued an open letter apologizing for the less than desirable performance of the new mapping application. In the letter, he was even compelled to recommend rival mapping applications. It was not too long before issue compounded as former Apple Senior Vice President Scott Forstall departed the company for good. This is not saying that Forstall was solely responsible for the iOS 6 Maps blunder because there is no way he could have handled it all by himself. Well according to a new report, Apple's "executive management change" is still going underway as another head employee gets the boot.
Bloomberg reported that Richard Williamson, the person who oversaw the mapping team, was booted out of the Cupertino company due to the "flaws" that hurt the iPhone 5 launch. This bit of information came from an anonymous source that refuses to be named. The one who pushed out Williamson was said to be Eddy Cue who assumed the Senior Vice President role after the departure of Forstall. This yet another management shakeup is to win back the trust of consumers who were severely disappointed with iOS 6 Maps. Unreliable landmark searches, lack of public transit directions, broken 3D-view, routes that get users lost are just of the issues reported by users.
Apple Inc. (AAPL) has fired the manager responsible for its troubled mapping software, seeking to win back the trust of users disappointed after the program debuted in September, according to people familiar with the move.
Cue is said to be in talks with digital maps provider TomTom NV (TOM2) to fix all the lingering issues with iOS 6 maps and improve the application as a whole. By removing Williamson, Cue aims to appoint a new leader for the mapping team. This is not the first time that Cue has taken on a troubled product. After its dismal performance and various issues, the now defunct MobileMe service has been handed down to Cue for overseeing the project. One can only hope that these recent management changes inside Apple will finally fix this issue with iOS 6 Maps for good.Contact Us for News Tips, Corrections and Feedback


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We need bees to survive. Here’s how to join the hive-minded
By Alyssa Shelasky
Say the word “bees!” and many people around the world will think “ouch!,” or maybe they’ll hear an imaginary buzzing sound or smack their lips at the thought of sweet, sweet honey. What they probably won’t dwell on is the need to ensure the future of these very helpful insects.
SCS Global Services confirms the certification after an assessment of its aquaculture farm site
SPENCER GULF, South Australia, September 18, 2019 /3BL Media/ – Clean Seas, the global leader in full-cycle breeding and production of Yellowtail Kingfish, has been internationally recognised for its responsible and ethical practices by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC). Independent certification body SCS Global Services (SCS) confirmed that Clean Seas’ Boston Bay and Louth Farms met the ASC Standard after an assessment of its aquaculture farm site.
eBay is raising awareness of the work that’s still needed to save tigers from extinction.
By: Mike Carson, Director, Global Policy and Regulatory Management
Today, in celebration of Global Tiger Day, eBay is raising awareness and support for actions that highlight the work that’s still needed to save tigers from extinction. Today, around 3,900 tigers remain in the wild – and poaching is one of their biggest threats. Every part of the tiger, from whiskers to tail, as well as live tiger cubs are traded illegally – which is why we ban the trade of all tigers and tiger products.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., July 8, 2019 /3BL Media/ July is National Hot Dog Month and with Americans set to down 150 million of them on Independence Day alone, Applegate, the producer of the nation’s leading natural and organic meat brand, announced that its iconic The Cleaner Wiener™ hot dogs will carry a premier mark of higher animal welfare standards: the Global Animal Partnership (GAP) seal.
Chefs from Aramark Offer Simple Tips to Make Your End-of-Summer Grilling Healthier and More Delicious
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With vegetable gardens in full bloom, and the heat keeping us out of the kitchen, August is grill season at its peak. We tapped the culinary expertise of our Aramark certified chefs to create a list of proven summer tips to make healthier and more plant-forward meals that will have your guests asking for more. Check out these ideas, and read the press release.
Beth Robertson-Martin and General Mills are working to protect pollinators—and our food supply.
By Jane Black
One June day in 2014, Beth Robertson-Martin found herself standing on a dirt road dividing two California tomato fields. On one side sat a farm that was nothing more than a 300-acre carpet of dried-out dirt. "It looked like a scene from Mad Max," she remembers. "Everything was dead." On the other side was a 6-foot-tall hedgerow, a tangle of white-blossomed milkweed, sunflowers and elderberry bushes that General Mills had planted alongside the tomatoes to create a habitat for bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
To meat or not to meat? That is the question. Recent innovations in lab-grown meats seem to be making non-meat burgers and tacos a tastier option than they have ever been. But are these products too good to be true? And are non-meat alternatives always more ecologically responsible than actual meat? This week’s guests on Sea Change Radio have some thoughts on the matter. We speak with the co-founders of Soil4Climate, Seth Itzkan and Karl Thidemann, about the mission of their organization.
Did you know that bee extinction could end life on earth? Without pollination from bees, the world’s food production would be completely compromised and negatively impact the ecosystem, agriculture and food production for humans.


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During today’s financial conference call for investors and analysts, Activision Blizzard chief financial officer Dennis Durkin had a tease for fans of classic games.
Durkin mentioned that there will be remasters coming this year, and they will be unveiled in due course.
He did not provide further information on what these remasters could be, but Activision has already delivered multiple successful remasters and remakes over the past few years, including Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2.
One thing is for sure: Activision has many old franchises that have been very popular in the past, and they certainly have a lot of room to create more remasters to fill the slower periods of the year before the inevitable Call of Duty game coming in the fall.
Of course, we’ll keep you posted on what’s coming as soon as Activision announces these remasters officially later this year.
If you’re interested in reading more about Activision Blizzard’s financial results, you can check out our dedicated article.
Earlier during the call, we also learned about Activision’s plans for Blizzard’s franchises, with strong hints that Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV may be coming in 2022.


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NEW YORK Thanks to the recession and criticism from U.S. Representative Barney Frank, the sponsorship business has been under a cloud for most of the year. As a result, a number of companies have cut back their activities in the sector or pulled out altogether.
But today, Mediaedge:cia, the WPP media agency, is issuing a report — supported with data from sister sponsorship consultancy arm IEG — that forecasts significant global growth in the sector, despite the economic downturn. As for the political fallout, MEC executives say it’s unfair and shouldn’t deter clients from embracing sponsorships as part of their overall marketing mix.
At a time when ad budgets are shrinking, the report predicts that spending on sponsorships and related activity will climb worldwide by 15 percent this year to $44 billion and by a little more than 2 percent in North America to roughly $17 billion, per IEG research.
Sponsorships came under fire in February when Rep. Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, lashed out at Northern Trust for allegedly spending “millions of dollars on a PGA golf tournament sponsorship and associated parties” after accepting $1.5 billion from the Trouble Asset Relief Program.
Though Northern Trust strongly denied that any TARP money was used to support the sponsorship, Frank said that the financial firm’s sponsorship activity “demonstrates extraordinary levels of irresponsibility and arrogance” at a time when the recession was hurting consumers in many ways.
Frank’s missive, MEC believes, unfairly tainted the sponsorship business. In the ensuing months, Wachovia took its name off a PGA title sponsorship for a tournament in Charlotte, N.C., while Morgan Stanley said it would cut back on entertainment during a tournament it sponsors.
“We think it’s unfair,” said Jon Levine, svp, MEC Access, the agency unit that houses its sponsorship practice. “Sponsorships are clearly under the microscope and it’s politically charged.” It shouldn’t be, he said, arguing that sponsorships are “not any different than an ad campaign and constitute a key and significant piece of the overall communications mix.”
Levine is urging clients not to bow to political pressure and to carefully consider sponsorship options. “Marketers are looking for new ways to reach consumers and deliver brand messages,” he said. “By aligning with partnerships [in the sports, entertainment or even cause-related marketing spaces], you allow yourself to connect to a passion point of the consumer.”
By example, Levine points to a recent deal that tied client Xerox with Citi Field and the New York Mets. As part of the arrangement, the team utilizes Xerox’s products and services at the stadium, while the client gets signage, media, hospitality and the ability to host business seminars at the venue. That last element, he said, “created new efficiencies and cost savings for [the client’s] marketing/business solutions.”
And contrary to what the politicians would have people believe, said Levine, sponsorships are based on stringent ROI goals, “not on drinking and rubbing elbows with celebrities,” although hospitality elements are often part of the package.
Research and metrics are key, Levine said. “They must be in place to better understand what works — and what doesn’t — so that informed adjustments for multi-year partnerships can be made along the way, guaranteeing that every dollar works best for your brand,” he said.
The sponsorship report will be available Tuesday at www.mecaccess.com.


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Release date: Oct. 7
Consoles: PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360
The latest in the NBA 2K series played almost incessantly by the actual NBA players themselves, NBA 2K15 is the annual update fans look most forward to. Gameplay details are scant, but we know from 2K’s recent announcement that Kevin Durant will be the game’s cover and Pharrell Williams will be picking the soundtrack. Last year’s iteration, 2K14, updated the series’ dated graphics with photorealistic visuals complete with realistic animations—wry post-posterizer grins and finger-wags aplenty. New features included improved dribbling controls, an Assist Pass feature and a new MyGM mode. It sold more than five million copies.
NBA Live 15
Release date: Oct. 7
Consoles: Xbox One, PS4
Madden NFL 15
Release date: Aug. 26
Consoles: Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3
Among new details revealed about Madden NFL 15 is the game’s new Gauntlet Mode, an arcadey distraction included as part of the Skills Trainer—insane challenges, “boss” battles and all. Players will be able to compete against friends’ high scores on a leaderboard. Gameplay was also revealed at E3 this year, showing off crisp graphics, improved pass mechanics and helpful overlays for plays. Most improved, however, is the all-new, broadcast-style presentation that pulls up player spotlight montages, better commentary, halftime shows and scripted moments that make the game look and sound more like the real thing.
Release date: Sept. 9
Consoles: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Teased back in May of this year well ahead of its release window, NHL 15 will notably feature the new Ignite engine. It includes proper puck physics that aim to make the game behave more realistically, leading to moments where pucks can accidentally get stuck in players’ equipment or flash through loose uniforms. The ice will also be physically modeled, and arenas will come stocked with an estimated 9,000 individual models—the most ever attempted by a video game.
Forza Horizon 2
Release date: Sept. 30
Consoles: Separate versions for Xbox One and Xbox 360
A spin-off of the grand-daddy of realistic racing games is getting an open-world sequel in Forza Horizon 2. Included in the package will be hundreds of cars, as per usual, with the addition of a dynamic weather system missing from its predecessor and an updated Drivatar character creation system adapted from Forza 5. It will reportedly take place in southern Europe to take advantage of its geographic diversity, where a music festival will act as the game’s central hub.
Release date: Sept. 23
Consoles: PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC
The NBA also has an awful lot of FIFA fan among its ranks. This one shares 2K’s obsession with hyper-realistically designed and animated player characters and a stunning visual engine—you can see clothes get dirty, the playing surface gets destroyed and players breathe. Emotional Intelligence is an impressive new addition that will spice up the game. The system allows for players to react to big in-game moments like missed chances and tackles, and will even reflect their attitudes to individual teammates and opponents. An Ultimate Team Legends add-on will be exclusive to Xbox One and 360 owners. In FIFA 14, this was a feature included randomly with certain Ultimate Team Gold Packs and allowed gamers to play with a number of legendary footballers.


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In his Denver, Colo., town hall meeting just now, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said that the trade policies of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, will hurt the ability of Americans to sell to foreign markets those weird trendy plastic "Crocs."
"Five years ago, the outdoor footwear company, Crocs, was started by a couple of entrepreneurs with a great idea, ingenuity and drive," McCain said. "This former small business now employs 600 people in Colorado alone, and sells over 50 percent of its products in 90 countries around the world. Building barriers to Crocs or any American company's access to foreign markets will have a devastating effect on our economy and jobs, and the prosperity of American families."
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed the nation’s most ambitious climate regulations yet, two plans designed to ensure that two-thirds of new passenger cars and a quarter of new heavy-duty trucks sold in the United States are electric by 2032.
The new rules would require nothing less than a revolution in the American automobile industry, a moment in some ways as significant as the June morning of 1896 when Henry Ford took his “horseless carriage” for a test drive, and it changed American life and industry.
The challenge for the government to automakers is huge. Last year, all-electric vehicles accounted for just 5.8 percent of new cars sold in the United States. All-electric trucks were even rarer, making up less than 2 percent of new heavy-duty trucks sold.
Nearly all of the major automakers have invested billions in producing electric vehicles at the same time they continue to make conventional gasoline-powered cars, which are profitable. The proposed regulations would require them to invest more and redirect their operations in ways that would essentially spell the end for the internal combustion engine.
If the two EPA rules are enacted as proposed, they would put the world’s largest economy on track to reduce its greenhouse emissions at the pace that scientists say is required of all nations in order to avoid the most devastating effects of climate change.
“When President Biden took office, he launched the most ambitious climate agenda in US history, and pledged to restore American leadership,” said Michael S. Reagan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in remarks outside agency headquarters Wednesday. . “I am pleased to announce that the EPA is proposing the strongest federal pollution technology standards ever for both cars and trucks. Together, today’s actions will accelerate our continued transition to a clean car future, head-on addressing the climate crisis and improving air quality in poor communities across the country “.
“This is historic news,” he said.
The EPA cannot require automakers to sell a certain number of electric vehicles. But under the Clean Air Act, the agency can reduce pollution from the total number of cars each manufacturer sells. The agency has set this limit so tightly that the only way manufacturers can comply is by selling a certain percentage of zero-emission vehicles. In each model year in which the rule is in effect, auto companies will report to the federal government average greenhouse emissions for all new cars sold. Companies that do not meet the standards can be punished in various ways, including billions of dollars in fines.
The proposed regulations are sure to face legal challenges from those who view them as government overreach. A group of about a dozen Republican attorneys general has filed lawsuits against the Biden administration’s climate policies, and one of its leaders, Attorney General Patrick Morrissey of West Virginia, has suggested the group will fight the latest proposals.
“This administration is bent on destroying America’s energy security and independence by making us dependent on resources and components that can only come from abroad,” Mr. Morrissey said. “Over the coming weeks, we’ll take a hard look at the proposed rule, and we’ll be ready once again to lead the charge against flawed energy proposals like this one.”
The proposed tailpipe pollution limits for automobiles, first reported by The New York Times on Saturday, are designed to ensure that by 2032 67 percent of sales of new light-duty passenger cars, from sedans to pickup trucks, will be all-electric. 46 percent of new midsize truck sales, such as delivery vans, will be all-electric or use some other form of zero-emissions technology by the same year, according to the plan.
The EPA has also proposed an accompanying rule governing heavy vehicles, designed so that half of new buses and a quarter of new heavy trucks sold, including large 18-wheel excavators, will be fully electric by 2032.
Combined, the two bases would remove the equivalent of carbon dioxide emissions generated over two years by all sectors of the economy in the United States, the second-biggest polluter on the planet after China.
But some auto workers and manufacturers fear that the transition to all-electric vehicles envisioned by the Biden administration is going too far, too quickly, and could lead to job losses and lower profits.
While major automakers have invested heavily in electrification, they are concerned about customer demand for pricier all-electric models, battery supplies and the speed with which a national network of charging stations can be built.
Auto workers fear job losses, because electric cars require less than half the number of workers to assemble them than cars with internal combustion engines. Labor unions are particularly concerned because many of the new electric car plants and battery plants are being built in southern states that are politically hostile to union labor and where wages are relatively low.
“There’s little reason why electric vehicle manufacturing can’t be the gateway to the middle class where auto jobs have been for generations of unionized auto workers,” Sean Fine, president of the Detroit Federation of Auto Workers, said in a statement. “But the early signs of this industry are worrying, as it prioritizes corporate greed over economic justice.”
Union workers and auto manufacturers have been expressing their various concerns directly to the president since 2021, when Mr. Biden announced an executive order directing government policies to ensure that 50 percent of all new passenger car sales are electric by 2030.
As word got out last week that Mr. Biden’s new regulations were designed to go further, some automakers backed away.
John Bozzella, president of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents major U.S. and foreign automakers, questioned how the EPA could justify “going beyond the carefully considered, data-driven goal the administration announced in the executive order.”
“Yes, America’s transition to an electric, low-carbon transportation future is well underway,” Bozella said in a statement. “Manufacturing of battery and electric vehicles is on the rise across the country because automakers are self-financing billions to expand the electrification of vehicles. It is also true that the EPA’s proposed emissions plan is robust by all accounts.”
“Remember this: there is a lot that needs to go in the right direction to bring about this massive and unprecedented change in our automotive market and industrial base,” said Mr. Bozzella.
At least one US automaker, Tesla, is poised to emerge as a unique winner under the new rules because it only produces electric cars. Other automakers who are behind in electrification technology have suggested that compliance will be a struggle but none have yet said they will challenge the rules.
Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler — which makes Dodge, Ram and Jeep cars — was ranked last year by the Environmental Protection Agency as the worst car company in the country for fuel efficiency.
In a statement, Eric Mayne, a spokesman for Stellantis, said the company was surprised by the proposed rules, because they are far more ambitious than Biden’s previously announced goal of 50 percent of all new electric vehicle sales by 2030. But for now, Mr. Mayne said, “ We look forward to a constructive dialogue with the agency as the process moves forward.”
Engineers and scientists at the EPA’s Automotive Laboratory have been working over the past year to determine how much electric vehicle technology is likely to advance in the next decade in order to establish the strongest achievable tailpipe emissions limits.
David Haugen, director of the lab, said car companies have long complained about new environmental and emissions standards. “We’ve heard it from them for 50 years, and then the companies have done a great job of meeting it every time the standards came along, which gives us confidence that this standard is going to work out well,” he said.
Tensions between the auto industry, auto workers, and the Biden administration have simmered over the past week, as the administration has had to rearrange its rollout of the proposal, according to three people familiar with what happened.
Officials had originally planned for Mr. Reagan to announce the policies in Detroit, surrounded by all-electric American-made vehicles.
But as auto and UAW executives learned the details of the proposed regulations, some became uncomfortable about publicly supporting them, according to people familiar with their thinking. The setup was moved from Detroit to EPA headquarters in Washington. No one from the union of auto workers showed up, according to a spokesperson for the organization, although Mr. Bozzella and representatives from Ford, General Motors and Mercedes were present.
In an interview, Mr. Reagan acknowledged that some auto executives and UAW leaders have expressed concerns about the offerings, adding that they could be modified to allay those concerns.
“We are very aware that this is a proposal, and we want to give as much flexibility as possible,” he said. The agency will accept public comments on the proposed rules before finalizing them next year. The rules will take effect from the 2027 model year.
Environmentalists have praised Mr. Biden for keeping a promise he made during his first days in office, when he called climate change a “moral imperative, an economic imperative” that would be central to all of his decisions.
A report released by the International Energy Agency in 2021 found that countries would have to stop sales of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 to keep average global temperatures from increasing 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. After this point, scientists say, the effects of catastrophic heat waves, floods, droughts, crop failures and species extinctions will become much more difficult for humanity to deal with. The planet has already warmed by an average of 1.1°C.
Mr. Biden has pledged to halve the country’s emissions by 2030 and stop adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by 2050. He took a big step toward that goal last summer, when he signed the Inflation Reduction Act. The spending includes $370 billion over the next decade to combat climate change, including tax incentives of up to $7,500 for the purchase of US-made electric cars.
This law is expected to help the United States reduce its emissions by 40 percent by 2030 – not enough to meet Biden’s pledge. Experts said the new EPA regulations, if enacted as proposed, were necessary to reach Mr. Biden’s goal.
“The EPA standards are a huge step forward in addressing the biggest source of climate pollution: transportation,” said Luke Tonachel, senior director of the Clean Vehicles and Buildings Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group.
Mr. Tunachil said the sharp rise in electric vehicles in the US could mean that electric vehicles are more widely available and sold beyond its borders. “This could be a world-leading benchmark that puts the world on a much-needed path to reduce global pollution from transportation,” he said.
Lawrence Tubiana, who helped broker the 2015 Paris climate agreement and is now CEO of the European Climate Foundation, welcomed the EPA’s work.
Tubiana said, “This is an affirmation to the world of the seriousness of Joe Biden’s involvement in the issue of climate change and keeping the United States at the forefront of the candidates in the field of climate.” It resonates well in Europe and the world.
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Brazilian retail giant Grupo Pão de Açúcar (GPA) plans to invest around R$ 1 billion (€164 million) in its operations this year, up from R$ 750 million (€123 million) last year, its chief executive, Jorge Faiçal, has said.
Speaking to daily newspaper Valor Economico, Faiçal said that since mid-2021, the industry has been suffering from double-digit food inflation, lower salaries and high unemployment.
As a result, the volume of customers visiting stores is stable, but the average shopping basket is lower.
The group's investment in its operations will be supported by recent divestments such as hypermarkets and the transfer of assets to a real estate fund, amounting to around R$ 5 billion (€819 million).
According to Faiçal, GPA will spend R$1.2 billion to R$1.5 billion on the development of its business between 2022 and 2024.
Planned Investments For This Year
Investments planned for 2022 include the renovation of 185 Pão de Açúcar markets by December and the continuation of the organic expansion of Pão de Açúcar and Minuto.
Faiçal confirmed previously announced plans to open 100 new Minuto stores and 100 Pão de Açúcar supermarket stores between 2022 and 2024, adding that more details will be announced soon.
In the Extra store segment, the group intends to open stores in a "timely and strategic way", he added.
Faiçal said that the company wasn’t in a hurry to sell group assets abroad (such as Éxito in Colombia), although it is willing to make divestments where necessary.
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Uber has agreed to settle a lawsuit in Australia for A$271.8m ($178.3m; £140m) with taxi operators and drivers, according to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers. The class action, filed on behalf of over 8,000 taxi and hire car owners and drivers, alleged that they lost income when Uber aggressively entered the country.
The law firm stated that Uber fought the case at every stage, but with this proposed settlement, the company aims to put these issues behind them. The size of the settlement was not disclosed by Uber, who stated that they would not comment on specifics until the agreement is finalized and disclosed to the court.
The class action was filed in 2019 in the Supreme Court of Australia’s Victoria state. Maurice Blackburn principal lawyer Michael Donelly praised the success of the case, stating that they have delivered an outcome for their group members. However, the court still needs to approve the proposed settlement before any payouts can be made.
Uber, founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, operates in over 70 countries and more than 10,000 cities worldwide. The company has faced protests from taxi drivers in various cities globally. In December 2023, Uber won a lawsuit brought against it by 2,500 taxi drivers in France, with a Paris commercial court ruling that Uber had not engaged in unfair competition. The taxi drivers had been seeking €455m ($495.4m; £389m) in damages.


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Hainan foreign trade volume exceeds $7 billion in first half of 2013
According to the latest figures from Haikou Customs, the foreign trade volume of Hainan province reached 45.43 billion yuan ($7.25 billion) in the first half of 2013, an increase of 8.9% over the same period of last year, excluding foreign exchange.
The export volume amounted to 12.02 billion yuan ($1.92 billion), an increase of 36.5%, and the import volume was 33.41 billion yuan ($5.33 billion), an increase of 1.5%.
The main imported commodities were crude oil, paper materials, airplanes, nuclear power equipment and other high-tech products, making up 82.5% of Hainan's imports, while the export of petroleum products, solar photovoltaic products and paper products increased significantly.
Emerging markets have become Hainan’s major trading partners, and the import and export value to Africa and ASEAN were $1.99 billion and $1.21 billion in the first half of the year respectively, increases of 7.9% and 10%.


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Saluting The Words Of Our Black Intellectual Ancestors: CLR James
One of the world's greatest social intellectual activists in the 20th Century was Trinidadian Cyril Lionel Richard James. Those who sought social change for the vast number of people of color in the world sought the teachings and voice of CLR James. So today The Black Blogger salutes Dr. Cyril Lionel James because of his vast intellectual knowledge of a peoples progress. It is exactly his words that can incite community action today.


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Despite higher wages and safety nets, there are still some very unhappy workers at Foxconn's factories in China.
According to Reuters, China's Xinhua News Agency reported that another Foxconn employee "fell to death" on early Friday
"The death was confirmed by the municipal government. No further information was immediately available," Xinhua said.
This suicide marks potentially the 14th death at the Foxconn factory. The company hoped to make workers happier with wage increases and to deter suicide attempts by adding safety nets at the edge of the buildings.
The latter effort appeared to have worked until this latest attempt, as this was the first suicide since the implementation of the nets.
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are they still being "volunteered" to work at a factory with no option to choose their own future...Reply
as far as I know once they are "chosen" from their college or where ever to work at a Foxconn factory in a certain region (away from family and friends) they cannot say no.
return thir freedom or they will keep dieing...
what is the dangerous job? Fighting in Afghanistan? Praying in a church in Iraq,Reply
Or working for Foxconn????
@greghome a bit of sensitivity wouldn't be out of place on a news story like this.Reply
It's about time this got reported on in the mainstream press (more so), the only way things will change is if the public demands computers are built responsible (like fair trade food items) then the likes of Dell, HP and Apple might actually stop using this company.
I'm ashamed to admit I do have a Foxconn motherboard in my computer and it will be the last. Never again will I buy ANYTHING that has come from this Foxconn and that includes ipads, iphones and anything Apple or parts for my PC.
JeanLucNever again will I buy ANYTHING that has come from this Foxconn and that includes ipads, iphones and anything Apple or parts for my PC.Reply
So you're going to give up all tech and go live in a cave?
TemjinGoldSo you're going to give up all tech and go live in a cave?Reply
It's not as if every piece of computer hardware is made by Foxconn. I build my own PC's anyway so it makes it easier for to find out where the products have come from. As for any other items its just a case of finding out if they work with Foxconn or not and you get that from reading reviews of the items you buy which you should do anyway before buying expensive goods.
Statistically this makes Foxcon one of the safest places to work. The suicide rate in the US is around 20 people per 100,000 per year, Foxcon has 250,000 employees, do the math folks before jumping to conclusions.Reply
TomtompiperStatistically this makes Foxcon one of the safest places to work. The suicide rate in the US is around 20 people per 100,000 per year, Foxcon has 250,000 employees, do the math folks before jumping to conclusions.Reply
Yes but people don't normally make a point of committing suicide at there place of work.
JeanLucYes but people don't normally make a point of committing suicide at there place of work.Reply
They live on site, in accommodation provided, do you want them to travel outside the complex to kill themselves? These are desperate people who have decided to end it all, they will do whatever works, and jumping off a high roof is probably the easiest option.


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Frasch's title has yet to be determined.
Neiman Marcus Group said that president and CEO Burt Tansky will serve as interim CEO of Bergdorf Goodman until a successor is named.
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Singapore Airways has just gotten a bounce on different airlines by offering their seasonal reductions proper now. Replace: Walmart has shocked us all with a killer Black Friday deal on this vacation’s hottest toy, Hatchimals The retailer is offering the unimaginable-to-find toy at $49.99. A spokesperson for Walmart says the shop will have a limited quantity of Hatchimals in inventory for its Thanksgiving sale, aka it will be the item that fists fly over.
Those that are touring for business head out of city mid-Sunday and on Monday and return house on mid-Thursday and Friday. Pack your baggage because you’ve scored a hot Cyber Monday deal if all these charges are included in the ticket value. Black Friday is officially here and the world has gone bonkers in the hope of grabbing a bargain. Airways are usually significantly big discounters in Black Friday sales, so look out for big financial savings with the likes of British Airways , Qatar Airways and Air New Zealand , which all provided savings on various routes on Black Friday last yr.
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For John, BLUF: Banning plastic bags may be another feel-good action by Government. Nothing to see here; just move along.
Out in San Francisco the plastic shopping bag used by Grocery Stores (Supermarkets) was banned. That ban has now come under fire from a study by Wharton School Institute for Law and Economics Professors Jonathan Klick and Joshua Wright. They suggest it may be killing a small number of people, due to problems with reusing cloth bags without washing them.
They found a 46 percent rise in food-borne-illness deaths. The bottom line: "Our results suggest that the San Francisco ban led to, conservatively, 5.4 annual additional deaths."The law of unintended consequences.
There are defenders of the ban, including San Francisco health officer Tomás Aragón.
It would seem to me that rather than a ban by a Governmental body, an education program with alternatives would allow the People to make the proper choices. And, we might find that there are reasons people like plastic bags, including being able to stop into a store on the way home without having to stop by the house to collect the shopping bags,♠ or having to buy another such bag at the store. For me, the plastic bags, doubled, become a way to deal with cat waste.
Hat tip to the Instapundit.
Regards — Cliff
♠ In the UK, and other places in Europe, the term String Bag has been used to describe recyclable shopping bags with an open netting, which allow for some variety in packing items. This, in turn, led to the nickname "Stringbag" for the Fairy Swordfish torpedo bomber of World War II. Some of the exploits of the Stringbag fliers were chronicled here.


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ONLINE CYBER SECURITY CLASSES
is the significance of cyber security in Digital India?
“Make in India” as well as “Digital India” are the two prominent initiatives launched by the Indian Government lately. “Digital India” focuses on transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy, on the other hand, “Make in India” aims to facilitate investment, foster innovation, safeguard intellectual property, enhance skill development and build ace manufacturing infrastructure. Both the aspects together will strengthen the brain as well as the brawn of India, respectively, leading to a prosperous and healthy country.
However, these initiatives will kiss success only if the industries and enterprises flourish and prosper. The enterprise and industries would grow only if they take care of the four prominent Ms of manufacturing, that is, Man, Machine, Material, and Methods and now, most significantly, the cyber security.
The cyber training institute in India has also become an integral part of the modern era.
Why did cyber security become the very backbone of the industries as well as the enterprises now? Almost 25 years from now, no one had heard of hackers or didn’t know about hacks either.
However, this is mainly because of the Internet. The World Wide Web did not come into being with a Big Bang just like the Universe, but it surely is expanding like the Universe in all directions and now has become all-pervasive.
Internet has changed the face of the modern era. The adoption of the technology by businesses and industries just in the blink of an eye has made mobile-banking, online shopping online trading, as well as networking possible. Its many advantages help the business expand and grow by creating new opportunities.
However, the Internet today is not altogether a safe place because its anonymity also harbours cyber criminals. These criminals have found ways as well as means to launch cyber attacks on banks, manufacturing and large financial organizations, industries, as well as even other nations. The motive behind such crimes is financial gain, or ill-conceived patriotism or just sheer destructive fun.
APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) is mainly an insidious type of attack. However, it may not be detected for years, while this threat erodes the cyber security of the target. This gives rise to the importance of cyber crime courses in India.
Following are the reason behind the increased number of hacks:
- Cyber criminals are highly diligent, motivated, and intelligent experts in the IT field.
- Cyber security professionals lack effective expertise, quality training, as well as require the intense motivation needed to combat these individuals.
- There is a proliferation of hackings tools on the internet, but cyber security tactics and tools have not evolved to that extent.
- Political boundaries and geographical distances do not matter because cyber attacks can be launched from anywhere around the globe.
To fight this issue and bridge this gap, the enterprises and businesses should upgrade the skills of their cyber security as well as the IT staff by initiating quality training and certification as a short-term measure. Today cyber security course in India has become a full-fledged thing. As long-term planning, cyber security courses have been introduced at the graduate level and encourage international certification bodies to take into account various skills-based cyber security courses as well as performance-based skillset testing practical examinations.
Relearn Academy is known for providing the best cyber security courses in India. We diligently aim toward providing hands-on training using the potential concepts such as the virtual labs as well as the cyber ranges.
Furthermore, there are 1.0 billion mobile phone users in India and majority of us are not aware of the fact that smartphone is a master spying device that can be remotely hacked or controlled without the owner’s knowledge.
Cyber Training Institute in India
Relearn Academy, as the renowned cyber security institute in India, conducts a massive awareness program to teach businesses and the individuals how to use strong passwords and potential steps to avoid such hackings. This is because the floodgates of data and information and that the internet has opened and we cannot close it. We have no option but to drown in it even though when it is beneficial practically. The cyber security companies in India cannot eradicate this issue from the society but help you to prepare such problems by building a robust, secure “Digital Fort” to house “Digital India” that would protect our nation as well as our essential information from the cyber sharks.


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A state proposal to ban plastic bags has some opponents, but several local shoppers say it wouldn't affect them that much.
Their biggest worry? They'd miss the versatility of reusing the bags for alternate uses.
"It's convenient," Price Chopper shopper Amy Eaton said of the plastic bags, which she reuses to line the small garbage cans in her bathroom.
If the stores no longer used plastic bags, she said, she would not be able to use paper bags in the same way.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced a program bill late last month that would ban all single-use plastic bags except for trash bags, garment bags and bags used to wrap food items. It also would give the Department of Environmental Conservation jurisdiction over plastic bags and film plastic recycling.
The proposal came on the heels of a January report by the New York State Plastic Bags Task Force, which outlined the environmental impacts of the bags, reduction measures and actions the state could take to reduce pollution.
"The blight of plastic bags takes a devastating toll on our streets, our water and our natural resources, and we need to take action to protect our environment," Cuomo said in a release. "As the old proverb goes: 'We did not inherit the earth, we are merely borrowing it from our children,' and with this action we are helping to leave a stronger, cleaner and greener New York for all."
If passed, Cuomo's bill would go into effect Jan. 1.
Many shoppers supportive
Some shoppers already avoid plastic bags, opting for reusable tote bags instead. And at some stores, such as Aldi, bags aren't provided and bringing your own or doing without already are the only options.
Suvada Muskic shopped at the North Utica Aldi on Thursday afternoon. She was piling loose groceries into the back of her hatchback as she was preparing to leave.
“I like it this way,” she said. “I like it without plastic bags.”
She further noted that plastic bags create a lot of garbage and said sometimes they just fly away.
Diane Sill, who was shopping at the New Hartfod Price Chopper, also saw the benefit of a ban.
“I would love if we didn’t have to use (plastic bags),” Sill said as she was packing her groceries in the checkout lane.
Sill, who lives in Floyd, says she has recyclable tote bags that she uses at other stores. Like Eaton, she reuses the plastic bags she does get to bag her garbage.
Harry Shephard, another shopper at Price Chopper, said he would be OK without using plastic at the grocery store.
“I’d rather use paper than plastic,” he said.
Shephard said he used to work for a paper company. He noted that paper bags can be recycled. He also said the possibility of sustainable forestry practices, in which companies plant new trees to replace the ones cut down to make the paper bags.
Plastic bags also can be recycled if they're returned to the store, but cannot be placed in local curbside recycling bins.
Still more questions
Local elected officials, while not opposed to the ban, said they don't want to rush into anything.
"We need to ensure that whatever is done is done properly," said state Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-Rome. "We also must make sure that any changes are in the best interest of the people and the environment and that these changes do not cause any additional financial burden to the state’s residents."
Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, D-Utica, similarly said he agrees with the idea of a ban but still is reviewing the bill and soliciting feedback. He also stressed the importance of continuing messages about recycling even if a plastic bag ban is implemented.
“If people simply shift to using paper bags or the heavy plastic bags that are not part of this ban as an alternative, we need to make sure they are also recycled," he said. "An increase in efforts that encourage people to bring reusable bags to the store will reduce the amount of paper and heavy plastic bags that wind up littering the environment, or in landfills.”
Samantha Sandouk, a cashier at the New Hartford Price Chopper, wondered what she was supposed to tell shoppers if plastic bags no longer are available.
“How are cashiers supposed to explain?” she asked Wednesday while visiting the store on her day off. She said she likes reusable bags as long as they are kept clean.
Along with the legislation, the state will host an education and outreach campaign to increase awareness of the bags and their impact on the environment.
Currently, 10 cities, towns and villages in New York have enacted plastic bag bans, according to information provided by the governor’s office. One municipality has a plastic bag ban with a fee on single-use paper bags and bags that qualify as reusable, including 2.25 mil flexible plastic bags. Long Beach has a single-use plastic bag fee in place and Suffolk County's single-use plastic bag fee took effect on Jan. 1.
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Each year, we lose around 4% of our forests because of fires. Without any counteraction, this number is doomed to grow. Unlike Earth’s woodlands. Most of the time, such losses are occurring because of wildfires – even traditionally low-risk Europe saw an 8-fold increase in wildfires, and last year the UK alone suffered its most ever recorded in a single year. Of these, 84% is a result of humankind’s actions.
As a creator of one of the most famous lighters of all time, Zippo is aware of the dangers of the costly infernos and wants to makes a positive change within the ecosystem. Thus, the brand has summoned WOODCHUCK USA, National Geographic, and DeVries Global agency, and decided to Fight Fire with Fire through a project that aims to help counter the negative effects of deforestation caused by the wildfires. The brand has pledged to plant a tree for every windproof lighter sold from a dedicated collection. First, the classic brand is going to start with the planting in sites located in Madagascar.
Recently, here have been unprecedented wildfires reported as far north as the Arctic Circle, with research showing that the main threat to the wildlife is humans’ activity. It’s understandable that there is an urgent need to protect our planet and biodiversity. Still, Zippo believes that humankind possesses the power to change things back and make a positive difference. The brand invites all people, even they are the ones usually responsible for the wildfires, to come together and do something useful for Mother Nature. And Zippo here’s to do their part!
To help educate the population about wildfires and what exactly causes them, National Geographic joined the cause and produced a video, a photography series, and a native article, documenting the Zippo’s step towards countering deforestation. The company starts its efforts in Madagascar, the world’s fourth-largest island that has had 90% of its original forests destroyed.
Lucas Johnson, Senior Brand Manager, Global Marketing at Zippo, explains the source of the flaming ravages: “Temperatures are at the highest level on record and wildfires are affecting almost every continent on Earth, but unlike most natural disasters, the majority of wildfires are caused by humans. In the US alone there are around 100,000 forest fires each year clearing up to 9 million acres of land. The Zippo windproof lighter gives people the power of portable fire but with this comes responsibility.”
For every lighter sold, Zippo promises to plant a tree somewhere in the world. Each lighter comes with single-use code, so the consumers can follow the planting of their tree somewhere on the planet. Help Zippo fulfill their dream and help the brand make a much greener world!


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Stellantis boss Carlos Tavares has said the firm will decide the fate of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant in the coming weeks - warning that the UK government’s "brutal" decision to ban the sale of new ICE cars from 2030 could “destroy the business model”.
The PSA Group - which bought Vauxhall-Opel in 2017 - and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles recently completed their merger to form Stellantis, and in his first press conference as the CEO of the company, Tavares pledged that it "will not shut down plants as a result of that merger”.
But Tavares did caution that the future of the Cheshire plant, where the Vauxhall Astra is produced, is under review due to the UK’s 2030 ban on all ICE cars aside from a limited number of hybrids.
“If a government creates a situation that destroys the business model, by saying ‘we’re going to ban the sale of that type of car’, we’re going to stop investing,” said Tavares.
“If we’re told that in 2030 internal combustion engines can't be sold in the UK, which we respect as a decision of the country, then we will not invest in combustion engines any more, and we will look to see if there is a business case to invest in other directions.
“We completely respect those rules and will completely comply with those rules, but if they lead to a case [where] there's no business model, it leads to a consequence that's clear for everybody.
“There's a limit for the headwinds. If one region is putting up so many barriers that there's no room to find something that creates value, then we have to respect that, and then there's an ethical decision from the officers of those companies to make an appropriate decision.
"If you brutally change the rules and restrict the rules for business, there's a problem. The more you place stringent rules on an industry, the more there's naturally a limit.
“We are doing our best to avoid that. The decision that there will be no more combustion-engined new car sales in the UK in 2030 stops all investment in combustion-engined cars. So we say there's room for electric cars, but if there's an imbalance between the volume of the UK market and the continental Europe market and you put investment closest to where you sell the most volume, what's left for the UK? That's what people should understand. It's not rocket science but plain thinking.


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Everyone loves it when home prices go up, right? Higher asking prices mean that homeowners will get more out of their existing homes, which makes them more likely to sell and upgrade to a larger home. Larger home means larger mortgages. And that’s a win-win for everyone in this business, right?
But exploding home prices aren’t necessarily a good thing. “Extreme price increases create unrealistic expectations, encourage flipping, and might discourage some owners from selling if they expect big increases to continue,” said Trulia’s chief economist Jed Kolko.
However, here’s the good news. The asking prices for homes are still increasing, but prices are beginning to stabilize. According to Trulia’s Price Monitor report for May, none of the 100 largest metros had a year-over-year price gain of more than 20%. That’s the first time that’s happened since July 2012.
Kolko said that’s a very good thing.
“Today, with no markets seeing price gains of more than 20% and only four markets seeing price declines, home price changes are looking more balanced, sustainable and widespread than at any point since the price recovery began,” Kolko said.
According to Trulia’s report, the home price explosion peaked in September and October 2013 when 12 metro areas saw price increases of over 20%. The chart below shows the extreme changes in asking prices.
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As Kolko said, only four markets are showing a year-over-year decline in asking prices. That marks a post-recession low for the number of markets showing a year-over-year decline in asking prices.
“That means that the national price slowdown has NOT pushed more markets into price declines,” Kolko said. “Rather, the price slowdown has meant a deceleration in the booming markets where prices had been rising unsustainably fast.”
The four markets where asking prices are on the decline are El Paso, Texas; Hartford, Connecticut; Albany, New York; and Little Rock, Arkansas.
On the other side, the steepest increase was 18.8%, in Riverside-San Bernardino, California. Bakersfield, California was up 16% in May, Atlanta was up 15.6% and Detroit was up 15.2%.
On the whole, asking prices rose at their slowest rate in 13 months, rising 8% year-over-year. “Although this year-over-year increase is slower than in previous months, an 8% increase is still far above the long-term historical norm for home-price appreciation,” Kolko said.
The chart below shows the national average for home price increases.
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“Furthermore, prices continue to climb in the most recent quarter: the 2.4% quarter-over-quarter increase in May 2014 is equivalent to 9.9% on an annualized basis,” he added. “Finally, price gains continue to be widespread, with 93 of the 100 largest metros clocking quarter-over-quarter price increases, seasonally adjusted.”
So home prices are still on the rise, but the rise is a little more controlled and reserved. And with the total number of properties with equity rising by 300,000 in the first quarter to more than 43 million total, more people may finally start to put their homes on the market.
Plus with lack of inventory dampening the outlook for Spring buying season, more houses on the market should be a good thing for everyone.
But not everyone shares in Kolko's positive view of the future. Christopher Whalen opines that home prices aren't actually on the rise. He says home prices may actually start falling soon.
Who's right? Only time will tell.


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HESPERIA • Law enforcement enthusiasts or those looking for a unique gift can now go shopping for San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department memorabilia at the Hesperia station, and it's all for a good cause.
A variety of items, including beanies, crime-scene-tape scarves, coffee mugs, lanyards, playing cards and even children's uniforms can be purchased at the station with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Sheriff's Employee's Assistant Team fund.
"If there is a catastrophic event, deputies and sworn sheriff's officials have a fund that helps them with those events, but the non-sworn support staff did not," Sgt. Ken Lutz of the Hesperia station said.
For more about the items for sale, read the full story in Thursday's Daily Press.
Beatriz E. Valenzuela may be reached at (760) 951-6276 or at BValenzuela@VVDailyPress.com.


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Mondelēz’s transition to recycled packaging
Mondelez’s transition to recycled packaging
Mondelēz International will now source recycled plastic for its range of Cadbury chocolate blocks sold in New Zealand and Australia.
17 September 2021
Advanced recycling technology has enabled Cadbury to source the equivalent of 30 per cent of the plastic needed to wrap Cadbury Dairy Milk family block range from recycled sources.
The volume of recycled plastic being used is enough for 50-million family blocks of Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate which – if laid end-to-end – would stretch from Auckland to San Francisco.
Our latest funding round is open, and due to close on 31 March 2023. This fund is focused on helping organisations keep their public spaces clean while improving recycling, with funding available for ...
We are seeking proposals from organisations for the attached request for proposal (RFP) to supply tranches of research to the project....
There are now over 250 locations to drop off your soft plastic recycling. mostly in the north island, good coverage in canterbury too....


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Today, Uber Freight and Aurora are deepening their existing partnership by autonomously hauling freight between Dallas/Fort Worth and El Paso for packaging solutions distributor, Veritiv, through and beyond the 2022 holiday season.
This collaboration brings together the power of Aurora Horizon, Aurora’s autonomous trucking service, with the scale of Uber Freight’s logistics network to unlock autonomous volume for carriers and provide a unique and optimal environment for customers like Veritiv to deliver goods efficiently and reliably in any market condition.
“Veritiv’s next-generation supply chain strategy is to create and sustain a competitive advantage in operations with innovative and efficient technologies,” said Mike Walkenhorst, Senior Vice President of Global Operations and Developing Businesses for Veritiv. “This autonomous vehicle pilot aligns with our strategy to assess new technologies to determine the best fit for our business and our customers. We are proud to be at the forefront of testing this technology.”
In the pilot, packaging products and goods are autonomously driven to Veritiv warehouses and retail, education, and healthcare customers, and they complete their journey via human drivers who handle the first and final leg of customer deliveries across western Texas and New Mexico. These packages are autonomously transported more than 600 miles between Aurora’s terminals with on time delivery, which is critical during the holiday season.
The three companies will closely monitor and examine data on delivery efficiency, transit times, operations at the transfer hubs, autonomous capabilities and performance, and customer satisfaction. These data points are instrumental in creating a blueprint for how autonomous trucks will be seamlessly integrated and safely deployed and scaled across the Uber Freight network in the coming years.
“Our extensive and efficient digital marketplace is a key ingredient for autonomous freight deployment,” said Lior Ron, CEO of Uber Freight. “As the preferred marketplace for autonomous trucks, we are incredibly excited to partner with these two companies laser-focused on paving the way for a hybrid network, together. It’s an honor to get in the trenches with Veritiv’s commitment to next-generation supply chains and Aurora’s best-in-class innovation to better understand how autonomous freight can and will safely become a reality.”
Uber Freight’s multiphase commercial autonomous trucking pilot began in December 2021 to better understand how the Aurora Driver will help carriers maximize fleet utilization, broaden opportunities to safely haul goods, and streamline supply operations. The pilot continues to grow, with autonomous loads more than doubling over the past year. This latest expansion in Texas now unlocks a longer lane for further autonomous trucking testing and insights across different operating models, which Aurora will incorporate into its subscription service for carriers
“The holidays are a challenging time for the logistics industry. We’re crafting Aurora Horizon to help carriers of all sizes alleviate some of the supply chain pressures that typically accompany them,” said Sterling Anderson, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Aurora. “Deploying our technology with the Uber Freight team over this 600-mile trip at the peak of the season is an outgrowth of our mutual commitment to ensure that Aurora Horizon can enable carriers of all sizes to safely and efficiently haul freight 24/7/365 on the Uber Freight network.”
These autonomous assets are deployed alongside human drivers in a hybrid model, with self-driving trucks handling the long-haul middle mile and local carriers from the Uber Freight platform on the shorter first-and last-mile hauls, empowering them to stay closer to home. Uber Freight’s extensive carrier network allows us to quickly recover loads, maintain reliability for shippers at transfer hub terminals under any circumstances — from unforeseen tractor weight restrictions to inclement weather — and continue boosting demand for skilled human drivers.
Uber Freight offers shippers a unique, market-first combination of network scale, marketplace innovation, autonomous technology, and managed transportation expertise. Deploying autonomous capacity ahead of the busy holiday season was especially helpful for experiencing how these autonomous assets can fit into customers’ networks, smooth out seasonality, and provide value during periods of volatile demand — helping businesses of all sizes move loads anywhere, any time.
In preparation for an AV future, we leverage automation and build tools to enhance the human interactions of logistics, such as dividing loads between multiple carriers, standardizing inspections processes, and streamlining hand-offs between human drivers and AVs at terminals. We are excited to continue innovating and expanding our autonomous pilot programs in 2023, enabling more shippers to begin moving freight with autonomous trucks in the American Southwest and beyond as this technology further integrates into carriers’ operations. Reach out to your Uber Freight sales representatives today to learn more.
With instant quotes, real-time tracking, and 24/7 access to trusted carriers, Uber helps streamline your operations.
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Toyota is sporting one of the biggest black eyes this industry has ever seen thanks to three high-profile recalls involving over 8 million vehicles. Smelling blood in the water, some automakers have taken advantage of the situation by offering incentives aimed directly at owners of those recalled Toyotas. Shady? Perhaps, especially considering that every automaker has more than a few recalls under its belt, some of which were just as embarrassing as Toyota's (We're looking at you, Ford).
Now companies outside the auto industry are trying to profit from Toyota's misfortune. The latest is Evenflo, a baby and infant car seat manufacturer that's offering a $10 discount to any owner of a recalled Toyota model. In a press release, Evenflo CEO Perry Odak says, "The last thing Toyota owners affected by recent recalls need to worry about is the safety of their child."
What Evenflo fails to mention in its press release (after the jump) is its own recall history. The latest one is for seats shipped without proper label stickers, which sounds innocent enough. The one before that was for seats with release handles that were not assembled completely, which could result in the seat separating from the base in an accident. Yikes. There's also one for foam liner that a child could choke on and another one for a handle trigger that could unexpectedly release. There's even a separate page on the Evenflo website just for recalls.
We asked Toyota how it felt about being a punching bag for other companies, to which Curt McAllister, a communications manager for Toyota in the U.S., replied, "We really don't appreciate being a news peg in a press release. We are working hard to assure our customers that their safety is our top priority and, yet, a company that supposedly touts safety is using worry and fear to sell a few extra car seats."
Point taken, and while Toyota shouldn't be excused for the mess in which it now finds itself, other companies, automotive or otherwise, should be more mindful of throwing stones in glass houses.
[Source: Evenflo, NHTSA]
MIAMISBURG, Ohio, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In a rare bit of good news for Toyota owners facing numerous safety recalls, Evenflo is offering a $10 discount, through March, on its Serenade, Triumph Advance, and Generations65 lines of car seats on Evenflo.com/safecarseat.
"The last thing Toyota owners affected by recent recalls need to worry about is the safety of their child," said Perry Odak, CEO of Evenflo. "For more than 90 years Evenflo has been a leader in safety, innovation and education, and we understand how important it is to offer parents and caregivers the peace of mind to know their children are safe and secure while on the road."
To take advantage of the $10 discount offer, Toyota owners should visit Evenflo.com/safecarseat and input the model and year of their vehicle. They will then be offered a coupon in order to receive the discount on their purchase at retail. Offer is valid on Evenflo's line of car seats including: Serenade, Triumph Advance, and Generations65.
Evenflo car seats, from infant to convertibles to boosters, feature innovative design elements for superior safety, and ease of use. All Evenflo car seats are Side Impact Tested and meet or exceed federal safety standards.
Parents and caregivers can visit Evenflo's Web site, www.evenflo.com, to view free car seat safety, educational tools, and car seat installation videos. As part of its commitment to safety, Evenflo has a step-by-step, how-to video for every child car seat. Safety, So Simple!
For more information about child car seats and to follow Evenflo, visit:
A Mother's Promise Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/amotherspromise)
Evenflo Best For Baby on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/evenflobestforbaby)
Headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, Evenflo Company, Inc. is a privately held leading manufacturer and marketer of infant and juvenile products. Evenflo was founded in 1920 and is a top supplier of infant and juvenile products to key retailers such as Toys "R" Us, Babies "R" Us, Wal-Mart, Target, and K-Mart. The company's product offering spans a broad range of essential infant and juvenile product categories, including car seats, baby travel systems, infant and toddler feeding, infant carriers, stationary activity centers and home safety products. Evenflo's premier brand name has 97 percent awareness with new mothers, and the company enjoys #1 or #2 market share positions in 10 important product infant and baby categories. For more information on Evenflo, visit www.evenflo.com.


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In a major development, the country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India said its total production in August increased by 11 pc.
The company had produced a total of 1,11,370 units in the same month last year, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said. Passenger vehicles production stood at 1,21,381 units last month as compared to 1,10,214 units in August 2019, a growth of 10%.
Production of mini cars comprising Alto and S-Presso models were at 22,208 units as against 13,814 units in the year-ago month, up 61%.
Also Read: Maruti Suzuki India reports 17 pc rise in sales
Compact cars, comprising WagonR, Celerio, Ignis, Swift, Baleno, Dzire, were produced at a marginally higher rate at 67,348 units as against 67,095 units in August 2019, MSI said.
Production of utility vehicles — Gypsy, Ertiga, S-Cross, Vitara Brezza and XL6 — was up 44% at 21,737 units as compared to 15,099 units in the same month last year.
Also Read: Maruti Suzuki MD and CEO Kenichi elected as SIAM president
MSI said production of its light commercial vehicle Super Carry stood at 2,388 units as against 1,156 units in the year-ago month.


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Florida bicycle news and comment, with a special eye toward
making streets and paths more congenial to riders.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
A tax break on fitness bikes
In Ontario, there's a new tax exemption on bikes bought for fitness, so long as they cost less than $1,000. What a concept, eh? Let's see, Florida gives a break on school clothes and desk supplies every September, and on hurricane supplies at the start of the summer. Here's how the Canadians do it.


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Royal Caribbean announced some major changes in ship deployment including the arrival of Oasis of the Seas to Port Canaveral in 2016.
It will be the first time an Oasis-class ship has used a U.S. home port other than Port Everglades. Oasis of the Seas and sister ship Allure of the Seas have called the Fort Lauderdale port home since their debuts in 2008 and 2009.
"It's great for Canaveral. There's no doubt that as an organization they worked very hard to earn Royal Caribbean's business," said cruise expert Stewart Chiron, also known as The Cruise Guy. "That ship is a prize. That ship has global bragging rights."
The ships are the largest in the world, at 225,000 gross tons. The line is building two more Oasis-class ships, and the newest, the Harmony of the Seas, will be taking Oasis' place at Port Everglades alongside Allure of the Seas.
Port Canaveral will be losing its current largest ship, the Freedom of the Seas, which can accommodate 3,634 passengers to make way for the Oasis, which holds 5,400 passengers at double capacity.
"It's a significantly larger ship with more passengers and it's going to have to continue to command a premium price for further consideration," Chiron said.
Freedom will make its way to Port Everglades after summer 2016 to continue eastern and western Caribbean itineraries. The line also will be replacing the Enchantment of the Seas with the Rhapsody of the Seas, both of which are similar sized vessels built in 1997. The Rhapsody will take over Enchantment's 3- and 4-night Bahamas cruises from the port.
"We are thrilled that Oasis and Rhapsody will be deployed from Port Canaveral," said port CEO John E. Walsh. "We enjoy a fantastic relationship with Royal Caribbean and the announcement of these two wonderful ships shows commitment that our partnership will continue to grow."
Currently, only three ports on the eastern seaboard are big enough to support Oasis-class ships – Everglades, Port Canaveral and PortMiami, and all three are the only ports that can support seven-night eastern and western Caribbean itineraries.
"This definitely is the payoff to hard work, longtime partnership and providing excellent customer service and facilities that reflect Royal Caribbean's commitment to innovation," Walsh said. "This was anticipated when Royal Caribbean agreed to partner with Port Canaveral on the construction of new Cruise Terminal 1 that opened in December 2014. Cruise Terminal 1 was built to handle Oasis-class ships. The performance of Freedom of the Seas led to this increased capacity in Central Florida."
Both Everglades and Miami have more ships on a year-round basis. Port Canaveral currently is home to nine ships including three Royal Caribbean vessels, three from Carnival and three from Disney. Norwegian Cruise Line will also be returning to the port in November. Disney Cruise Line, though, has been the only line to use the port as its newest ships' first home.
"It will be interesting to see how it impacts Disney Fantasy," Chiron said. "Disney Fantasy has been the premium price cruise ship in the market and there has been no competition up until now."
He adds that bringing a ship of Oasis' size and caliber will be a challenge to the Central Florida market because a lot of the tourists who choose to cruise are coming to Orlando and splitting their vacation dollars between the ships and the theme parks.
"As nice as these ships are, it's still not Disney," Chiron said. "If they can't get the premium prices, they will move it."